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<p class="para">
    Successfully networking your Ubuntu system with Windows clients involves providing and integrating with services 
    common to Windows environments. Such services assist the sharing of data and information about the computers 
    and users involved in the network, and may be classified under three major categories of functionality:
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        <span class="em em-bold emphasis">File and Printer Sharing Services</span>. Using the Server Message Block (SMB) 
        protocol to facilitate the sharing of files, folders, volumes, and the sharing of printers throughout the network.
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        <span class="em em-bold emphasis">Directory Services</span>. Sharing vital information about the computers and users of 
        the network with such technologies as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Microsoft
        <span class="trademark">Active Directory®</span>.
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        <span class="em em-bold emphasis">Authentication and Access</span>. Establishing the identity of a computer or user of 
        the network and determining the information the computer or user is authorized to access using such principles 
        and technologies as file permissions, group policies, and the Kerberos authentication service.
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      Fortunately, your Ubuntu system may provide all such facilities to Windows clients and share network resources 
      among them.  One of the principal pieces of software your Ubuntu system includes for Windows networking is the Samba 
      suite of SMB server applications and tools.  
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      This section of the <span class="phrase">Ubuntu</span> Server Guide will introduce some of the common Samba use cases, and how to 
      install and configure the necessary packages.  Additional detailed documentation and information on Samba can be found
      on the <a href="http://www.samba.org" class="ulink" title="http://www.samba.org">Samba website</a>.
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